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Pakistan polio team hit by deadly attack | Pakistan polio team hit by deadly attack |
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A bomb attack on a polio vaccination team in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 10 people, officials say | A bomb attack on a polio vaccination team in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 10 people, officials say |
A roadside bomb went off as the police-guarded convoy drove through a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border. | A roadside bomb went off as the police-guarded convoy drove through a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border. |
The attack is the latest in a series targeting polio teams in the country. | The attack is the latest in a series targeting polio teams in the country. |
No group has claimed responsibility, but the Taliban oppose the polio schemes, which they see as a cover for international espionage. | No group has claimed responsibility, but the Taliban oppose the polio schemes, which they see as a cover for international espionage. |
Pakistan has witnessed a campaign of violence against health workers, who militants also accuse of being part of a Western plot to sterilise Muslims. | |
More than 40 people linked to the vaccination programme have been killed in Pakistan since December 2012. | |
Last month, unidentified gunmen shot dead three polio workers in the southern city of Karachi, a day after authorities began a new nationwide vaccination drive. | |
Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic, along with Nigeria and Afghanistan. | |
According to the World Health Organization, Pakistan recorded 91 cases of polio last year, up from 58 in 2012. |